Category: Therapy Girl

What can I say that hasn’t already been said about what is happening in our country at this time? And let’s be honest, it isn’t just happening “at this time.” I’m no history expert but I’m pretty sure this kind of racism and oppression has been happening since European settlers “discovered” what we now call…Read more

5/19/19: I hate how I’ve been feeling lately. 5/20/19: Why do I feel so out of whack? Those were the first sentences of my journal entries for those days. I’ve been thinking a lot about where I was a year ago. I was a mess, to put it lightly. I never felt such drastic swings…Read more

I made the difficult decision this week to let go of my office and I’ve been surprised by how this has affected me. It feels like a loss. It feels like I’m giving up. It feels like I failed. Just look at how I even worded that first sentence – I had to “let go,”…Read more

According to Wikipedia, “patience is the ability to endure difficult circumstances such as perseverance in the face of delay; tolerance of provocation without responding in annoyance/anger; or forbearance when under strain, especially when faced with longer-term difficulties.” Today marks Pandemic Day #123980943257692485923850 (or it feels that way), which means people are running low on patience….Read more

In the Spring of 2017, I was struggling. I was experiencing constant, daily anxiety and sadness. I found it difficult to focus on anything besides the negative thoughts about myself that were swirling around in my head. As the month of April was coming to its end, I decided to try something different. I decided…Read more